Al-Biruni takes refuge at Bukhara

البيروني يلجأ إلى بخارى

c. 997 CE · c. 387 AH† – c. 997 CE · c. 387 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Bukhara

When civil war broke out in Khwārezm about 996–998, al-Bīrūnī fled to the Sāmānid capital Bukhara seeking patronage 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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98099010001010 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Bukhara

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Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
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Bukhara

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Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān· The killing of Sultan Alp Arslan and the accession of Malikshah· Maḥmūd takes al-Bīrūnī to Ghazna· The Masʿūdic Canon dedicated· Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host· The book on India composed· Ala al-Din Tekish Seizes Bukhara in 594 AH· Abdurauf Fitrat

Sources

  1. Al-Bīrūnī — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān

At Gurgān near the Caspian al-Bīrūnī joined Qābūs ibn Voshmgīr's court, met Ibn Sīnā there and exchanged a sharp philosophical correspondence with him, and dedicated his Chronology of Ancient Nations to Qābūs.